Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Bildausschnitt selbst definieren
English translation:
manual cropping
Added to glossary by
Karin Rueter (X)
Apr 25, 2002 18:59
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German term
Karin Rueter (X)
Bildausschnitt selbst definieren
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German to English
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Computers: Software
software
it's about a translation of a software manual
Bildausschnitt selbst definieren
= define screen selection yourself?
Any better idea for "selbst"? Help is very much appreciated! THANKS
Bildausschnitt selbst definieren
= define screen selection yourself?
Any better idea for "selbst"? Help is very much appreciated! THANKS
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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manual cropping
Sounds like a function with which you crop part of a graphic, and this function lets the user define the dimensions of the cropped section. "Manual cropping" the wording that is used to convey this meaning.
HTH
HTH
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I have never heard of this and therefore thank's a lot! I would have taken something like "self-define" or "define yourself" - embarrassing! THANKS!"
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Adalbert Kowal
Native in German
17 years in professional translation
Native in: German 
Works in: German to English, English to German, Spanish to German, and 4 more.
define yourself the screen section
For "selbst" there is no other expression in English. You will have to use "yourself", but I'd put it like proposed above.
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Eckhard Boehle
Germany
Germany
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Germany
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self-define window size
kind of a variation...
Why not?
Why not?
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Jan Liebelt
: Because you're not changing the widow size, but selecting a part of an image.
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jccantrell
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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user-defined
that is how we would phrase this in the USA.
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brute (X)
brute (X)
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"Individualized framing"
"Photographic terminology"!
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